Implement for lifting pans



(No Model.)

J. T. WATKINS & wfaaAYLfiss IMPLEMENT FOR LIPTING FANS Patented Feb. 7,1893.

mz'am ZLBa 3655. )W l UNITED S'ra'rns l a'rniv'r @rricni JAMES T.WATKINS AND WILLIAM C. BAYLESS, OF MOSSY GREEK, TENNESSEE.

SIPEGIFEGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,398, datedFebruary 7, 1898.

Application filed June 11, 1892. Serial No. 36,387. (No model.)

To all; whom it may concern/.-

lle it known that we, JAMES T. YVATKINS and WILLIAM C. BAYLESS, citizensof the United States, residing at Mossy Creek, in the county ofJefferson and State of Tennessee, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Implements for Lifting Pans, doc, of which the followingis a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in combination tools orimplements, and it has for its object to improve generally theconstruction of such implement-s or tools, and to this end saidinvention consists in the novel construction and combination of partshereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l,is asectional elevation ofthe tool or implement. Fig. 2, is a perspective View of the two jaws andhandles detached.

In the said drawings the reference numerals l and 2 designate handleswhich are pivoted together at 3, and which are formed with gripping;jaws 4: and 5 in advance of their point of pivotal connection. The upperjaw a is provided with a straight acting or gripping face a which may beplain, or as is illustrated in the drawings may be provided withserrations. The lower jaw 5 is provided at its lower end with a grippingpart 5 the acting face of which is broader than the acting face l" ofthe upper jaw i, and which may be formed plain, or may, as shown, beprovided with serrated elevations 5 on each side thereof, whichelevations are separated throughout their length by a rectilinear cavity6, having a width slightly greater than that of the narrow upper jaw i,so that it may receive the latter. By this construction also,the articleis firmly grasped between the edges of the serrated elevations 5 and theedges of the narrow jaw 4, which are nearly opposite each other. Aboveits acting or gripping face the jaw 5 is cut away rearwardly to form aledge or seat 5 having a vertical rear wall 5, in rear of a verticalspace and at the top of this wall the said j aw is again cut awayrearwardly to form ledge or seat 5 beneath a horizontal space. In thismanner we provide a vertical space 7, between the jaws at and 5, and ahorizontal space '7 communicating therewith, whereby we provide animplement which is adapted to firmly and securely grasp pots or pans ofvarious construction, for the purpose of lifting said vessels andcarrying them from one point to another.

In using our improved implement in connection with vessels having merelya wire rim at their upper edges, said rim is received in the space 7 andwhen the vessel is of that class which are provided at their top with alaterally extending flange such flange is received in the space 7 andrests upon the surface 5 There is still another class of vessels whichare provided near their top but below the wire rim with a lateralshoulder, and when used in connection with vessels of this character,such shoulder is received in the space 7 and rests upon the horizontalledge or shoulder 5, and, the wire rim is received in the front portionof the space 7.

When the jaw L is provided with a serrated acting face and the jaw 5with serrated elevations 5, separated by a rectilinear space 6, the saidjaw 4:, bears upon the vessel grasped directly opposite said rectilinearspace thus aiitordin reator securit in the ri 3 in action. The upper jawis also provided with a squared surface 8, which is to serve as ahammer, and at the handle extremity thereof it is constructed to form astove lid lifter as indicated at 10. At a little distance from the lidlitter is riveted or otherwise secured, a blade 12, bent outward at anangle, and having its end slightly curved to facilitate its cutting.

I The upper handle is provided at its extremity with a claw 9, forextracting nails, tacks doc.

Just behind the point of pivotal connection of the two handles 1 and 2,we have provided the same with flat roughened surfaces Ll, which areadapted to receive a nut to be cracked. Each handle is also formed withtwo shoulders 15 and 16, which will prevent the same from opening toofar, and will, at all times, keep both handles within the grasp of thehand of the operator.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is:

The herein described improved implement comprising, two handles pivotedtogether, and

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formed with an upper narrow jaw and a lower our hands and affixed ourseals in presence of broader jaw, said lower jaw provided at its twosubscribing witnesses. lower end with a gripping part 5 and immei r Tdiately above said gripping part with a hori- 5 zontal ledge or seat 5,having a vertical roar k wall 5 communieatingwith a horizontal ledge\Vitnesses: or seat 5, substantially as described. J. O. ASHMORE,

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set J. B. MOOANLESS.

